“Some people skip through life; some people are dragged through it. I sometimes wonder whether we are moving through time or time is moving through us.”

—  Donald Miller , book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality

Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)

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